Almanac for April 5th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for April 5th: https://ko-fi.com/post/April-5-The-Year-Without-a-Summer-D1D41D6XP7

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Bummer April 5th

April 5, 1815: Mount Tambora on the island of Sumbawa (in present-day Indonesia) begins erupting. Over the coming weeks, the volcano will expel so much material into the atmosphere that it will cause a temporary global cooling effect. 1816 is referred to as “the year without a summer” due to the weather effects of the eruption. More than 70,000 people are thought to have died as a result of famines and other results of these climate disruptions.

April 5, 1902: The collapse of a stand during a football (soccer) match at Ibrox Park, Glasgow, causes the death of 25 spectators. Ibrox Park, with its name by then changed to Ibrox Stadium, will see another disaster in 1971; see January 2.

April 5, 1923: George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, the financier of the expedition that discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun, dies of sepsis he contracted after a mosquito bite he’d re-opened by cutting it while shaving becomes infected.

April 5, 1948: Montana State University student James Peterson, taking part in a senior honor society prank that involves breaking into the campus physical plant, is accidentally shot and killed by a security guard who only intends to fire a warning shot at the students.

April 5, 2010: A methane gas explosion in the Upper Big Branch South Mine near Montcoal, West Virginia, kills 29 people. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor cited the mine’s operator, Massey Energy, for 515 safety violations. Its CEO is convicted of conspiring to violate federal mine safety standards and sentenced to one year in prison.